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A Ukrainian youth in Germany

Student kills 2, injures 5 in Florida State mass shooting

Sheriff Walter McNeil of Leon County identified the gunman as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, and said he was the son of a deputy in his department. McNeil admitted that “Unfortunately, he had access to one of her weapons.”

Chase Lawrence

Walkout by postal workers in Orléans, France and Leipzig, Germany over pay and conditions; protests continue across Iran over collapsing living standards; teachers and local government workers in Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria continue strike over pay

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Postal workers in Orléans, France begin indefinite strike over increased workloads and in Leipzig, Germany postal workers strike over pay and conditions; workers and retirees continue protests against collapse in living standards, across a quarter of Iran’s provinces; teachers and local government workers in Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria continue month-long stoppage to demand minimum wage

“To oppose fascism at its roots is to oppose the economic foundations upon which fascism develops”

An interview with David North on fascism, Trump and the lessons of history

In this critical interview, North addresses the Marxist understanding of fascism, the historical processes that led to the rise of Hitler and the relevance for today amid the Trump administration’s efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship.

Evan Blake

Trump tariff hikes send global trade into reverse

The World Trade Organisation has said global trade could contract by as much as 1.5 percent this year and has warned that forecasting is problematic because “there has been no directly comparable event in recent history.”

Nick Beams